Sentinels of Freedom - A superhero RTS. Here's my review: https://invisioncommunity.co.uk/sentinels-of-freedom-switch-review/

New Super Lucky's Tale - Essentially the definitive edition of Super Lucky's Tale. Lots of work put into smoothing this out. Here's my review: https://invisioncommunity.co.uk/new-super-luckys-tale-ps4-review/

Marvel's Avengers - Really loving this more than I expected to. My review: https://invisioncommunity.co.uk/marvels-avengers-review/

Luigi's Mansion: Dark Moon.

Prince of Persia - The Sands of Time

Excited at the prospect of the remake, decided to see how it help up. Honestly, outside of one or two areas of dodgy platforming detection that could do with a fix, this game still holds up so well to the point a simple upscaled/high framerate port of the PC version would make me happy. It'll be interesting to see what they change aside from the visuals in the "remake". I briefly tried the PS3 HD trilogy version but ditched it due to the constant audio issues. If you want to replay these classic games, stick to the PC version you can pick up cheap on GOG (and they run well on a potato at this point).

Prince of Persia - The Forgotten Sands

The title is fitting as a day on from finishing it, I can't remember most of the story beats and the environments all blend together. It's not bad by any means with plenty of platforming, puzzling, and crowd-management combat but it lacks a lot of the charm and - despite the updated engine and visuals - the atmopshere of the original trilogy. You spend far too much time indoors/underground with no sense of place or scale. This one can definitely be skipped as, by design, it adds nothing to the original trilogy.

Dead Rising 3 - Just god awful.

Hades - Contender for game of the year, easily one of the best games I have played in a long long time.

Prince of Persia - The Warrior Within

As the only metroidvania-ish game in the trilogy, I still love it despite the weird tonal shift from the first. My younger self got lost at times when I first played it but, going back recently, the game always guides you on the right path if you pay attention (probably not my strong point). Loved the enhanced combat and gothic environments but, even if you don't branch off to get the life upgrades (annoyingly mandatory for the "canon" ending), the backtracking near the end does start begin to wear thin when you're encountering the rare respawning enemies in the exact same spots. The prince radiates juvenile angst and the female characters are scantily clad in a way that just wouldn;t fly these days, but the overall plot is pretty cool.

Prince of Persia - The Two Thrones

Finished it by means of playing half of it and then going on to YouTube. This is aweird one that find a balance between Sands of Time and Warrior Within, but then drags out levels to the point environments become boring, combat too repetitive, and it throws in awful checkpointing that'll have you repeating simple stealth sections before big brawls, or a ton of unchallenging platforming before a tricky seqeunce. My frustration threshold gets lower as I get older, and The Two Thrones pushed me too many times.

Tamarin - Created by ex-Rare employees, I was kind of excited for this. Does it hold up? Review here: https://invisioncommunity.co.uk/tamarin-review/

The Evil Within -

Went back to this after some serious breathing exercises to calm myself and completed it again. I'd forgotten a good chunk of the game - sometimes with good reason as there are a few dud levels - but overall, it's one of the best survival horror games to come out of last gen (if we ignore the X360/PS3 versions). At the very least, it deserved more recognition and sales before RE7 took the credit for reviving the genre. Unfortunately, the insta-kill trap and boss sections have far to few checkpoints and, when you combine that with clunky movement and a tight field of view, I can easily pick a 5-6 sections where I can imagine gamers walking away.

The Evil Within - The Assignment and The Consequence DLC

A strictly linear stealth- and narrative-driven expansion that follows Sebastian's mysterious rookie, Juli Kidman. It fills in a lot of gaps in the incoherent plot (perhaps too many) but I enjoyed it consistantly. It has better pacing, introduces new mechanics and enemies in each of the 4 chapters (that'll take you ~6 hours in total), and Juli's lmap-headed stalker is more terrifying than anything in the base game. Better still, the boss/chase seqeunces have plenty of checkpoints and are better signposted. You don't have to die a dozen times just to figure out what the hell the game wants of you. Well worth picking up if you loved the original and are happy with a more stealth-oriented experience.

EDIT - somebody at Remedy needs to give credit to Tango Gameworks for inspiring their design of the Oldest House. It looks uncannily like the Mobius Facility in the DLC.

The Survivalists - If you like sandbox survival games but would like them a little more laid back, then you should check out Team 17's take on the genre. Review: https://invisioncommunity.co.uk/the-survivalists-review/

Forza Horizon 2 - There is such a thing as too much. . .

Resident evil 3. Didn't expect to finish it so soon... Guessing it's made for replaying and speed runs?

My Friend Pedro - Aside from an awkward controller setup, this is pretty awesome.

The Evil Within 2

Conflicted about this one but I certainly enjoyed it enough to forfit sleep for several nights, do jsut about everything, and rack up 20 hours of playtime in 5 days.

The refinement to the basic movement, shooting, and camera control make this a far more enjoyable experience than the first game (though you'll still miss tons of shots on enemies that move erratically). The open-ish hub areas emphasise stealth, item-management. and are full of creepy encounters but they ruin the story pacing whenever they crop up (problematic as everything is apparently urgent). Outside of the linear chapters, the game also loses that relentless intensity the original game was known for, but I'm not complaining about less one-hit-kill creatures and frequent checkpoints. I was also glad they incorporated all the story beats from the original games and Kidman-focussed DLC, and even provided a mostly happy ending. A post-credit scenes allows for a sequel and I hope Tango Gameworks goes back to the IP after Ghostwire: Tokyo.

Crash Bandicoot 4: It's About Time: What is it with sequels this year. . . My review over here: https://invisioncommunity.co.uk/crash-bandicoot-4-its-about-time-review/

Yakuza 5
53hours & only 24% complete
Not as good as Yakuza 4, I do like that new baseball guy though. New Yakuza characters are always good.
5 characters, 4 maps LOTS to do!
Running on PS4, it did not feel like a remaster. Felt & looked more like a port. Unlike Yakuza 4.

Paradox Vector: I usually don't jam much on PC ut because this is basically Lovecraftiana via Tron, I just had to. My review: https://invisioncommunity.co.uk/paradox-vector-review/

Shenmue 3
Good looking game, just some of those character models
LOTS of running around! It was good though, but do we have to wait another 20 years for Shenmue 4?
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Mafia Definitive Edition
Great remake, except for a few graphical glitches here & there.
Good story & voice acting. Loved how the ending ties into the next game!

Resident Evil 3 Remake

This was totally an expansion at some point that got bundled with the multiplayer mode to justify the price. Has some legitimately great moments and throwbacks to the PS1 original, but most of the experience is fleeting and unmemorable.

There was such potential here, especially when you consider how they fleshed out the last half of the game from the hospital onwards. However, the beginning section in and around the Racoon City streets is just so small and unexciting. Nemesis only stalks you once, with the remaining encounters directed chase sequences or boss fights. I think there were one or two puzzles that required a bit of thought in the final part of the game, while the rest simply key hunts.

With a solid story and great character interaction, I wish they had taken the multiplayer team (whose Resistance MP mode is dead by now I'd guess?) and put them to work fleshing out the Raccoon City opening section of the game.